Next draft of VOTable in STC

[Steve Allen]

On Fri 2010-06-11T12:21:38 -0700, Rob Seaman hath writ:
> How do non-IVOA projects handle FK5?

Well, Rob, look at the log in your eye before the specks in others

http://www-kpno.kpno.noao.edu/Info/Caches/Catalogs/FK5/fk5.html

There is an FK5, with pointer to the original, but no explanatory
comments indicating how the richness of the original metadata were
impoverished to produce a simple consistency.

I have had to deal with situations wherein the failure to appreciate
the subtle meaning of the metadata has resulted in products which fail
to meet contractual specifications.

I have no objection to STC & VOTable deciding on a simpler model,
but so doing has implications that deserve mention in user guides.

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